O. BTdK 712 obverse | |
Other nos.: | O. KV 18/2.415 |
Description: | Limestone, 24.1 x 12.8 x 4.0 cm. Inscribed on two sides: on obverse 8 lines and a horizontal line above in black ink and a sketch drawing in red ink; on reverse some lines of a literary text and a sketch drawing in black ink. Complete. |
Classification: | letter (model) |
Keywords: | message - working |
Provenance: | Valley of Kings, workmen's huts near KV 18. Findspot: B.SH1.A5. (see Remarks) |
Publication: | Dorn, Arbeiterhütten , 440-441 (description, transliteration, translation, commentary), pls. 605-607 (photograph, facsimile, transcription); Dorn, in: Living and Writing in Deir el-Medine , 69-72 (description, facsimile, transcription, transliteration, translation, commentary) |
Dates mentioned: | - |
Dates attributed: | Mid dyn. 20 (Dorn) |
Contents: | Model letter from scribe MAA.n=i-nxt=f to the vizier Nfr-rnp.t about work for Pharaoh. |
Terminology: | NN n NN swDA ib n nb anx wDA snb (obv. 1-3); hAb pw r rdi.t rx pAy=i nb nty (obv. 3-4) |
Names/Titles: | an. ( Pr-aA anx wDa snb ; king; obv. 5); Imn-Ra-1r-Ax.t.y (deity; obv. 7); MAA.n=i-nxt=f ( sS ; obv. 2); Nfr-rnp.t ( TAy-xwy Hr wnmy-nswt im.y-r Niw.t TAty ; obv. 1-2) |
Remarks: | Provenance: for the findspot identification see Dorn, Arbeiterhütten , 17-19. |